Doctors in the UK (like the ones that set this up) earn way less that $350k a year in general. Junior doctors (which are the majority of the UK doctor workforce) are very poorly paid, I think many of my friends made something like £14/hour for the first few years after qualifying.
This is also generally true of US trainees (residents and fellows). For the non-US people, there’s 4 years of undergrad, 4 years of medical school, generally 3-5 years of residency, then an optional 1-3? years of fellowship for certain specialties.
On the other hand, I think Lilly is correct insofar as 1 percent would be a pretty meager ask for most US attendings, even in lower-paying specialties.
According to the first result in Google, doctors’ total pay, while significantly lower than the UK, is still significantly above the UK average, even for junior doctors. Their hourly rate is surprisingly low but that’s mainly because they work very long hours.
As a result, consultants’ basic NHS pay will be between £93,666 and £126,281, with average full-time NHS earnings likely to be around £143,100 once additional earnings are included to cover things such as on-call responsibility, medical awards, geographical allowances and additional activity.
For junior doctors, basic pay will be between £32,397 and £63,162, with average total full-time earnings likely to be around £41,300 for those in their first year of practice, and £71,300 for specialty registrars towards the end of their training (Table 1).
“Healthcare workers” includes nurses, and can encompass care workers and semi-skilled hospital workers on not much more than minimum wage, and I guess the figure may have been chosen to take into account that many of them may consider the nature of the work they do to be pretty altruistic already...
I do wonder whether a non-specific giving pledge is better than a low percentage though?
Doctors in the UK (like the ones that set this up) earn way less that $350k a year in general. Junior doctors (which are the majority of the UK doctor workforce) are very poorly paid, I think many of my friends made something like £14/hour for the first few years after qualifying.
I earn about $15/hour and donate much more than 1%. I don’t think it’s that hard to do this, and it seems weird to set such a low bar.
This is also generally true of US trainees (residents and fellows). For the non-US people, there’s 4 years of undergrad, 4 years of medical school, generally 3-5 years of residency, then an optional 1-3? years of fellowship for certain specialties.
On the other hand, I think Lilly is correct insofar as 1 percent would be a pretty meager ask for most US attendings, even in lower-paying specialties.
According to the first result in Google, doctors’ total pay, while significantly lower than the UK, is still significantly above the UK average, even for junior doctors. Their hourly rate is surprisingly low but that’s mainly because they work very long hours.
“Healthcare workers” includes nurses, and can encompass care workers and semi-skilled hospital workers on not much more than minimum wage, and I guess the figure may have been chosen to take into account that many of them may consider the nature of the work they do to be pretty altruistic already...
I do wonder whether a non-specific giving pledge is better than a low percentage though?